`Vice` Decides To Stay In Miami

NEW YORK — NBC has settled a dispute over more than $1.4 million in production costs with the makers of Miami Vice and the show will remain in Miami for its third season, NBC announced Thursday.

During negotiations with the network, Universal Television, which makes the hit show, had threatened to move Miami Vice from Florida to Hollywood.

NBC pays Universal Television, the makers of Miami Vice, $950,000 per episode, but Universal argued that the show costs $1.4 million -- and up to $2 million when it features a huge celebrity guest cast. Universal wanted NBC to pay more.

Although networks maintain it is up to studios to keep costs down, NBC apparently did not want to tinker with the successful format of the show.